Awning-fixture.



W. J. 0. ASTRUP.

AWNING FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14, 1909.

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WILLIAM J'. 0. ASTRUP, OF CLEVELAND, OAI-IIO.

AWNING-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. January 14, 1909.

Patented J une 7, 1910.

Serial No. 472,239.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. O. As'r- RUP, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAwning-Fixtures, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to improvements in awning-fixtures and, moreparticularly, to awning-brackets adapted to carry the awning-rod at theupper or stationary edge of the awning together with the necessarypulley-blocks in the equipment.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a generally improvedfixture of this class which will be exceedingly simple in construction,cheap of manufacture and eficient in use.

Another object is to provide a nutless fixture of this class in whichthe various parts when assembled are so secured and ar ranged that theycannot become loose or disarranged and when the fixture is mounted itmay remain from year to year without the liability of rust interferingwith the free and proper working of the curtain-rod clamping andfastening devices, said clamping and fastening devices being alsodesigned to be operated without the use of a wrench or other tool nowrequired in connection with xtures now in use employing nuts or similarmechanical expedients in their construction.

A further object is to provide a universal fixture, that is,-one whichmay be attached to horizontal or overhanging walls, as for example, anoffset horizontal ledge of a porch or window as well as to verticalwalls or facings of similar structures.

With the above mentioned obj ects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction, arrangement and combination of parts, hereinafterdescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings showing one of theembodiments of the invention, and particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

Referring to the drawings forming a part of this specication, Figure 1,is a perspective view of an ordinary window-awning equipped with myimproved fixture. Fig. 2, a plan view of one of the members or bracketsof the improved fixture in its operative position as applied to theawning-rod contained in the upper or stationary edge of the awning. Fig.3, a central vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 4, a sideelevation of the threaded boss portion of the improved fixture, togetherwith attached interlocking rod-clamping member, and thumb screw fordrawing said clamping member into clamping engagement with the awningrod.

Similar numerals of reference designate like parts throughout all thefigures of the drawings.

The improved awning fixture is designed for the securing and supportingof the upper or stationary awning -rod containing edge of an awning,together with the necessary pulley-blocks in the equipment, and, whenapplied to an ordinary window-awning may comprise two members orbrackets suitably secured to the window frame as indicated in Fig. l, ofthe drawings. Each member or bracket comprises a base or wallplate 1,provided with one or more forwardly-extending depending hooks 2. lThewall-plate l, provided with openings 3, for receiving and containingsuitable attaching screws faor the attachment of the fixture to verticalwalls or facings of a window or similar structure as illustrated in Fig.1, terminates at its upper edge in an overhanging bracket member 4,preferably, provided with attaching ears 4a, having screw openings 5.The overhanging bracket member 4, enables the fixture to be attached toan oifset horizontal ledge of a porch or window where no convenientvertical wall or facing is conveniently located for the purpose.

The base or wall plate l, is provided with a threaded boss 6,terminating at its rear in an enlarged opening 6, at the rear of saidwall plate. A thumb-screw 7 is mounted in the threaded opening of theboss, and when threaded therein in the act of assembling has its innerend upset or overturned forming an enlarged head or retaining stop 8,within the enlarged opening 6a, and adapted to limit the outward orunscrewing movement of the thumb screw and thus prevent its loss byremoval when the parts are assembled. The thumb screw is preferablyformed of brass so as to guard against any liability of its rusting inthe threaded boss and the head of said thumb screw comprises an annularianged shoulder portion 9, and an annular enlarged knurled head portion10.

A depending rod-retaining clamping member 11, is mounted on the boss 6,and is provided with an opening l2, adapted to receive and contain thethumb screw 7, when the parts are assembled. As a means for preventingthe lateral movement of the clamping member when the parts are in theirclamping position as shown in the drawings, the rear side of the head ofthe clamping member is provided with a retaining rib 13, adapted tonormally interlock with a pocket-groove 14, on the face of the boss 6.The depending portion of the clamping member extends downwardly aboveand in front of the nose portions of the depending i hooks 2, and ispreferably provided with a rearwardly-extending hooked portion 11,provided at its rear with a concave recess 11b, adapted to receive andcontain the awning rod 15, when the latter is clamped by the improvedfixture as shown most clearly in Fig. 3, of the drawings.

' The throats of the depending hooks 2, are adapted to receive andcontain the eyes 16, of the pulley blocks 17 and the members or bracketsof the improved fixture when mounted are adapted to remain from seasonto season.

By the construction shown and described it is obvious that the partswill remain assembled and when it is desired to place an awning inposition the loosening off the thumb screw 7 will permit the dependingclamping member 11, to be swung to one side and the awning rod, togetherwith the awning carried thereby, may be placed in position beneath theboss 6, and upon the nose portions of the depending hooks 2. Theclamping member 11, may then be turned down into its normal or clampingengagement with the front portion of the awning rod and the surroundingupper or stationary edge of the awning after which the thumb screw maybe drawn up to securely clamp the parts in their proper operativeposition as shown in the drawings.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is,-

1. In an awning-fixture, a wall-plate having an overhanging bracketmember and provided with a boss having its threaded opening terminatingin an enlarged opening at the rear of said wall-plate, said wallplatehaving a pulley-hook having its nose extending forwardly and beneath thehorizontal plane of said boss.

2. In an awning-fixture, a wall plate provided with a depending hook anda boss having a pocket-groove on its face and a threaded openingterminating in an enlarged opening, a thumb screw mounted in said bossand terminating in a retainingstop in said enlarged opening, and adepending rod-clamping member carried by said thumb-screw and providedwith a retainingrib adapted to normally interlock with saidpocket-groove on the face of said boss.

3. In an awning-fixture, the combination thumb screw Ving pulley-hooksand provided with a threaded boss having an enlarged opening at the rearof said wall-plate, a thumb-screw vmounted in said boss and having itsend overturned in said opening forming a retaining stop, and arod-retaining clamping member mounted on said boss by said thumbscrewand depending aboveV and in front of said pulley-hooks.

5. An awning-fixture, comprising a wallplate provided with a threadedboss and an overhanging attaching bracket member, said wall-plate beingprovided with a plurality of forwardly extending depending hooks, adepending rod-retaining clamping member mounted on said boss, and athumbscrew taking through said clamping member and threaded into saidboss.

G. An awning-fixture, comprising a wallplate having a plurality ofdepending forwardly extending pulley hooks and an enlarged countersunkopening at its rear, an awning-rod carried upon the nose-port-ions ofsaid hooks, a thumb-screw mounted in said threaded boss and having itsend upset in said enlarged countersunk opening forming a retaining stop,andV a depending clamping member secured on said boss by saidthumb-screw and having its lower end abutting against the face of saidawning-rod.

7 In an awning fixture, a base wall-plate terminating in a dependinghook and provided with a forwardly extending portion having a threadedopening extending therethrough, an awningrod normally closing saiddepending hook, and a thumb-screw mounted in said threaded opening andprovided with a head andV an awning-rod engaging member.

8. An awning fixture, comprising a base provided with a head having athreaded `opening and terminating in a depending hook, an awning-rodnormally resting beneath said head and closing said hook, and athumb-screw mounted in said threaded opening and provided with a headcarrying an engaging member at its base.

9. An awning fixture, comprising a base member having a pulley-hook andprovided with a head having a threaded opening terminating in anenlarged opening,Y and a member mounted in said threaded opening andhaving its end upset 13 in said enlarged opening forming a retainingstop, said base member having a rod receiving recess intermediate saidhead and pulley-hook, and said thumb-screw member having a head and anawning-rod engaging member.

10. An awning Xture, comprising a base terminating in a depending hookand provided With a head having a threaded opening passing therethrough,an awning-rod interposed between said head and hook and normally closingthe latter, and a thumbscrew mounted in said threaded opening and havingits end upset forming a retaining stop at the rear of said threadedopening, 15 said thumb-screw being also provided With a head and anawning-rod engaging member.

In testimony whereof, I have axed my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

WM. J. O. ASTRUP.

Witnesses:

O. C. BILLMAN, M. G. SWINEI-IART.

